Sentence examples for they were pledged from inspiring English sources
In the end, two Democrats obtained the data but said they were pledged to secrecy.
Until 1980, the Democratic ballot listed only the names of delegates, with no hint of the candidates they were pledged to support.
REPORTER AT LARGE about the Democratic National Convention, held in N.Y. from Aug. 11 to 14. On the first day, Monday, the delegates were to vote on whether to adopt a new rule binding them to support, on the first ballot for the Presidential nomination, the candidate to whom they were pledged in the primaries and caucuses.
By Elizabeth Drew The New Yorker, September 8 , 1980P. 41 REPORTER AT LARGE about the Democratic National Convention, held in N.Y. from Aug. 11 to 14. On the first day, Monday, the delegates were to vote on whether to adopt a new rule binding them to support, on the first ballot for the Presidential nomination, the candidate to whom they were pledged in the primaries and caucuses.
Elżbieta, 42, who lives in Wroclaw, the largest city in western Poland, said that despite campaign promises, anti-abortion proposals risked causing the most harm to those they were pledging to help most.
At the last election the Tories made big play of the fact they were pledging to increase the budget in England, running adverts highlighting they would "cut the deficit, not the NHS".
Also "of the United States of America" was added to make it clear to immigrants that they were pledging to the U.S. "Under God" was added during the Red Scare.
The micropreservationists may be trashing -- literally -- the heritage they're pledged to protect, but they sure can fund-raise.
I completely disavow any effort to persuade electors to switch their support from the candidate to whom they are pledged.
Legal scholars differ on whether state laws requiring electors to vote for the candidate to whom they are pledged are constitutional.
Other Democratic delegates are required on the first ballot to vote for the candidate whom they are pledged to support, unless that candidate has withdrawn from consideration.
